The Principal's Confusion

The principal's expression was unsightly. Even the most even-tempered person would be angry after being attacked repeatedly, let alone when the perpetrator was a big shot piloting a Long Clan No. 1.

Ziyang and his sister had the Federation as their backing, so naturally, they feared nothing, but the principal was terrified!

If that big shot were to fly into a rage and implicate West Lake High School, it would undoubtedly be a troublesome affair for him.

"Tell me, whose Flying Warship is that exactly?" The principal's face was full of suspicion.

Vice Principal Tai Lie stepped forward and told the principal that someone had seen this Flying Warship speeding over from the direction of Lake Heart Island.

"Lake Heart Island?" The principal's expression shifted; he seemed to recall something.

"Stop!" He flew toward them, shouting loudly.

Ziyue blocked him, however, reminding him: "My brother is a battle maniac. Once he gets the urge to fight, he absolutely won't allow anyone to stop him."

She told the principal that even she, as his younger sister, had ended up fighting Ziyang once when she tried to intervene.

The principal broke into a cold sweat. He had some guesses in his mind, feeling that the Long Clan No. 1 before him likely belonged to the person he was thinking of.

He was afraid that if the two sides truly fought, he wouldn't be able to clean up the mess afterward.

"Beep-beep!"

Ziyang was eager to strike at the Long Clan No. 1 again, but the communication device on his wrist suddenly rang.

He was somewhat impatient, but he answered it nonetheless.

"Ziyang! What are you doing!" An aged voice came through, the tone filled with anger.

"Big guy, we sent you there to hold the fort, not to start a brawl!"

"Exactly! You are not allowed to attack until you have clearly understood the other party's intentions."

"If you affect the progress of the College Entrance Exam because you wanted to fight, just wait to be locked in the dark room by our Elder Council!"

Various voices reached Ziyang's ears; clearly, there were many people on the other side of the device, self-proclaimed members of the Federation branch's Elder Council.

The usually unruly and arrogant Ziyang's expression changed abruptly upon hearing the mention of the "dark room."

The incredibly domineering man immediately changed his tune, saying ingratiatingly: "Hahaha, elders, don't be like that! I was just playing a little joke on the other party."

"A joke is throwing a punch directly at them?" The other side was furious.

Ziyang offered a few placating laughs and then hurriedly cut the connection. He was skilled at fighting, but not at communication.

However, since the Elder Council had intervened, he could no longer launch an attack. He retracted the blood-colored flames on his body, curled his lips, and descended onto the training grounds.

Ziyue laughed a few times, came over to Ziyang's side to mock him, and simultaneously retracted her barrier.

The principal and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They had truly been afraid that Ziyang, a Federation powerhouse, would fight the person inside the mysterious Long Clan No. 1.

The three Federation personnel responsible for the East Campus College Entrance Exam wiped away cold sweat; they were the ones who had contacted the Elder Council.

Under the gaze of thousands of people on the training grounds, the Long Clan No. 1 slowly descended, showing no hostility, which allowed the principal and the others to set their minds at ease.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the hundred-meter-long, pitch-black Flying Warship as the cabin door slowly began to open.

They all wanted to know what kind of person was inside; even ordinary Martial Venerables with ninth-rank bloodlines were not qualified to own such a Flying Warship.

The cabin door opened completely. Under the sunlight, a figure appeared before everyone's eyes: it was a young man wearing a white shirt and black trousers, his delicate face carrying a hint of awkwardness.

"Uh... hi."

Being stared at by powerhouses with ninth-rank and eighth-rank bloodlines, Mu Qing felt his scalp tingle. He cautiously raised his palm and waved.

"This is it?"

The principal and the many vice principals were stunned, the Federation personnel's mouths hung wide open, and even Ziyang and Ziyue were left with blank expressions.

"You're the only one inside the Long Clan No. 1? There's no one else?" Ziyang found it hard to believe.

His face flushed red, and he felt quite embarrassed.

Mu Qing nodded, looking somewhat at a loss.

Ziyue laughed without any shred of decorum, clutching her stomach with her slender hands, her chest heaving.

"Brother, after all that, you, a dignified top-tier Martial Venerable, actually wanted to fight a little kid with only nine stages of Blood Qi!"

Ziyang's face turned even redder as she spoke; he felt deeply ashamed. This was absolutely a stain on his life.

If that group from the Federation branch found out he had tried every possible way to pick a fight with a kid who hadn't even reached the level of a low-level martial artist, he would likely be mocked endlessly.

"Mu Qing?"

Lei Kai's expression was one of shock. He recognized Mu Qing, who had stepped out of the Long Clan No. 1, at first glance.

"What? He is Mu Qing?" The principal was even more astonished. Although he had never met Mu Qing, he had certainly encountered quite a bit of information regarding him recently.

Mu Qing was the first student to go missing during the Mock Exam, and the principal had paid attention to it from the very beginning. After his disappearance, the Mummified Corpse Incident had occurred several more times.

The Mummified Corpse Incident was very tricky. As the principal, he possessed the strength of a top-tier Martial Venerable, yet he had no way to uncover any clues. In the end, he joined forces with the Wang Family, preparing to use the missing Mu Qing as a scapegoat; after all, Mu Qing himself was highly suspicious.

Under Wang Haixuan's manipulation, the Wang Family had widely publicized the news in Hangzhou City that Mu Qing was the culprit. As long as Mu Qing showed himself, he would be hunted down.

But now, the principal hesitated.

He had originally investigated Mu Qing's background and found it completely clean; aside from a father with a bit of money, he had no backing whatsoever.

This was the reason he dared to collude with the Wang Family and make Mu Qing take the fall.

He only needed to stay out of it, and the Wang Family would handle most of the matters.

But now, the principal was forced to reconsider.

Mu Qing had gone missing, and when he reappeared, his entrance shocked everyone: he descended in the Long Clan No. 1, a symbol of noble status.

As far as he knew, even the Wang Family didn't seem to have the qualifications to own a Long Clan No. 1.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Is that Mu Qing, the culprit behind the Mummified Corpse Incident? Why does he dare to show his face?"

"Are you stupid? Look, he arrived in a flying warship! Even the principal and the Federation experts were alarmed, and the College Entrance Exam has been paused. He clearly has a terrifying background!"

Thousands of students on the training ground were in an uproar, everyone starting to discuss it frantically.

Most people currently perceived Mu Qing as a heinous devil who specifically targeted students with Blood Qi at the fifth stage or higher to drain them of their blood.

"Is it really Mu Qing?" Ji Jia looked into the distance with her beautiful eyes, her face filled with joy as she felt relieved.

Ling Fei and Jiang Yuanjie also breathed a sigh of relief. Mu Qing's appearance at the critical moment in such a fashion was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Seeing that Mu Qing was fine, Jiang Yuanjie's journalistic soul ignited once again.

He didn't know where he had gotten a pile of equipment and cameras, but he skillfully assembled them and began frantically filming Mu Qing and the Long Clan No. 1.

His eyes seemed to be burning with flames, and he had even already drafted the headline in his mind.

"Hmph!" Yang Shanshan let out a soft snort, but her black, gem-like eyes flickered with curiosity.

"Did he contact his family in secret?" she muttered to herself, though no one heard her.

"The culprit of the Mummified Corpse Incident?"

Ziyang and Ziyue both heard the discussions of the students on the training ground, and they were clearly stunned.

Ziyue asked the principal, "Is this little guy the culprit behind the Mummified Corpse Incident?"

They knew something about the Mummified Corpse Incident at West Lake High School, as the principal had consulted them about it earlier.

However, the principal hadn't told them that the school had already branded Mu Qing as the culprit.

"It's just a rumor from the outside. The Mummified Corpse Incident happened on the very day he went missing," the principal said.

After seeing the Long Clan No. 1 that Mu Qing arrived in, he had already decided not to issue a warrant for Mu Qing's arrest; perhaps there was a force behind Mu Qing even more terrifying than the Wang Family.

The principal was a man who feared trouble. In terms of strength, West Lake High School could be said to fear no faction, but West Lake High School had always remained neutral, rarely offending people and rarely getting too close to any specific power.

Having vaguely guessed that there was some force behind Mu Qing, he decided to leave this matter for the Wang Family to handle and would not get involved himself.

Ziyue nodded, then curiously asked Mu Qing why he had arrived at the East Campus in the Long Clan No. 1.

Mu Qing scratched his head; he had actually prepared his excuse long ago.

"I came to take the College Entrance Exam. My elder had some business, so he had the Long Clan No. 1 drop me off."

Ziyang and Ziyue nodded, realizing that a young master from some faction had come to take the exam.

Although Mu Qing's clothes were not luxurious, they could feel that his aura had already reached the ninth stage of Blood Qi, and combined with the Long Clan No. 1, they naturally assumed he was the young master of some powerful faction.

"In that case, continue with the College Entrance Exam," Ziyue said, moving her fair legs as her alluring figure was wrapped in a golden qipao.

She personally presided over the exam, and with the help of three Federation personnel, the first stage of the College Entrance Exam resumed.

After Mu Qing left, the Long Clan No. 1 took off again and returned to where Ke Fei was.

Mu Qing arrived at Class 3-B and looked at the familiar faces he hadn't seen in a month, feeling a wave of emotion in his heart.

At this moment, the principal not far away was staring intently at Mu Qing.

His brows were tightly furrowed, filled with doubt.

The principal knew that Mu Qing had just lied.

According to the information he had received, the Long Clan No. 1 had come from Lake Heart Island, and Mu Qing had gone missing on Lake Heart Island. This Long Clan No. 1 definitely had some connection to Lake Heart Island.

In his memory, there was one person who linked Lake Heart Island and the Long Clan No. 1.

Could it be that the person helping Mu Qing is actually him? Or am I overthinking it, and Mu Qing really does have a massive force behind him! The principal was very confused; he had many questions he wanted to ask Mu Qing.

But since it was the first stage of the College Entrance Exam, he couldn't intervene in front of Ziyang and the others, so he had to suppress his doubts for now and planned to talk after the first stage concluded.